Big Apple parents have stepped up their involvement in their children’s education, Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña told the Daily News on Thursday. Fariña said stats show that more moms and dads are taking part in public schools this year thanks to an …
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ALBANY — Charter school advocates got a show of support — albeit a brief one — from the state’s top education official on Tuesday. State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia appeared before a gathering of nearly 1,000 charter school students and …
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If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow. From a early age both my sons were very into playing video games. Like most parents my first thought was I better steer them into something else. Both boys were doing great in …
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In November of last year, Beit Berl, a teachers college in Kfar Saba, north of Tel Aviv in Israel, held a graduation for bachelor of education students. The ceremony was unremarkable but for the students it honored: All 63 of them were ultra-Orthodox Jews.
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Sam Morris, Lenovo’s Global Education Solution Architect, attended the BETT technology and training exhibition in London last week. I interviewed him about developments in the global marketplace, including the Chromebook’s remarkable success in American …
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This summer, Microsoft will release a beta of Minecraft: Education Edition written in C++ rather than Java, which looks like removing the performance problems associated with running the current version of Minecraft. The Education Edition should run well …
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A widow with four children in the desolate, war-torn village of Herat, Afghanistan struggles to save her family. Amina’s husband served in the army and was killed in a brutal battle. The government returned his clothes and identification, but offered no …
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This 1983 report commissioned by President Ronald Reagan was remarkably prescient — had it been phrased differently. The Imperative for Educational Reform has indeed put the nation at risk. Reagan and the 1983 report inverted the cause and effect …
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Judging by the number of learning apps available to classrooms around the country, the education technology market aimed at elementary through high schools is booming. There are more than 3,900 math and reading apps, classroom management systems and other …
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Our nation, it seems, has descended into ugliness. Presidential debates are more like barroom brawls. The comments sections of most news sites are a cesspool of hatred, name-calling and fear. When President Barack Obama exuberantly calls out, “Let’s make …
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Op-ed: Today’s elementary students will pursue careers that have yet to be imagined; will education keep up? I would like to start a conversation around the purpose of education. What is the purpose of education? Has it changed over time? And, are our …
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Where does the money go when you buy a Powerball ticket? Powerball and other lotteries claim that ticket revenues go to fund state-run programs such as education, parks, emergency responders, veterans’ health and other services. But lottery proceeds don’t …
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